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-pakistan relationships are a big priority. we organize events on a monthly basis. senior pakistan officials also regularly speak here. earlier this spring, we hosted pakistan's finance minister. we bring in columnists and journalists. in addition to our regular fellowship competitions, open to all nationalities, our asia program sponsors a fellowship open to only pakistani scholars. one of our former scholars was written while he was a woodrow wilson scholar and is with us today. where are you? please stand. welcome. our asia program has undertaken an extensive review of the assistance program and will rollout recommendations of that plan. the house foreign affairs committee yesterday "fenced" funding for economic and military assistance to pakistan until the president certifies there is adequate cooperation on counter-terrorism. that is just one house committee, but that is a move that, some feel, maybe going in the wrong direction. economic assistance is crucial. president musharraf's speech comes at a timely moment. relations between our two countries are more s
-pakistan relationships are a big priority. we organize events on a monthly basis. senior pakistan officials also regularly speak here. earlier this spring, we hosted pakistan's finance minister. we bring in columnists and journalists. in addition to our regular fellowship competitions, open to all nationalities, our asia program sponsors a fellowship open to only pakistani scholars. one of our former scholars was written while he was a woodrow wilson scholar and is with us today. where are...
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and i'm sure we'll make that a big part of our discussion. but there are really two ways to measure how redistricting affects the big picture in the house. you can look at it in terms of the score card that i just went over which seat, if you add up all of those columns, is going to end up ahead at the end of the day. well, i think it's going to be very, very close to a wash, depending on florida, i think it's possible democrats could pick up a handful from the process which is surprising given that republicans earned so many state legislative chambers and picked up so much control in 2010. but then the other side of the equation is really how much can republicans shore up the gains that they made in 2010. and that's a part of the equation that's been more difficult for a lot of us in the pundit world to quantify. but one measurement that was kind of suggested at realpolitics.com and i appreciate this a lot more than a lot of other metrics that have been thrown identity is make the median seat in the house and how far to the right does it mov
and i'm sure we'll make that a big part of our discussion. but there are really two ways to measure how redistricting affects the big picture in the house. you can look at it in terms of the score card that i just went over which seat, if you add up all of those columns, is going to end up ahead at the end of the day. well, i think it's going to be very, very close to a wash, depending on florida, i think it's possible democrats could pick up a handful from the process which is surprising given...
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if confirmed, the general will have big boots to fill and succeeding general petraeus commander of the 49 member international security assistance force coalition and u.s. forces aghanistan. like general petraeus, general allen brings an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the counterinsurgency effort based on his own experience as the coander in anbar province in iraq. working with the sunni awakening the marines andanbar succeeded in getting local sunni tribal leaders to reject the insurgency and instead support the iraqi government and its the deputy commander at u.s. central command general ellen has developed a regional perspective on issues affecting the region in afghanistan. he will be the first marine to serve as the top commander in afghanistan. the number one priority will be implementing president obama's decision last week to accelerate the transition of security responsibility to afghan forces and start bringing the u.s. surged forces home. as all land by the president, 10,000 u.s. troops wilbe withdrawn by the end of this year and the remaining 23,000 u.s. surg
if confirmed, the general will have big boots to fill and succeeding general petraeus commander of the 49 member international security assistance force coalition and u.s. forces aghanistan. like general petraeus, general allen brings an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the counterinsurgency effort based on his own experience as the coander in anbar province in iraq. working with the sunni awakening the marines andanbar succeeded in getting local sunni tribal leaders to reject the...